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She reaches for aze while she pulls ers close to her She kissesthe back ofher eyes, before she slowly moves my hand to her side until I touch her Onceher skin, she places her hand on top of s "I will have these…forever"

I’m careful when I s and mindful of my breath, because I don’t want her to think I’le movement I make I reach up withthe last of her tears, and then I lether shoulder and arly"

The most noticeable one is deep and red--a line that runs at least eight inches along the side of her body, and I’ical scar It’s surrounded by others, some small, and many deep, proof that bullets and o of my hand, but I leave it there, careful not tointoanywhere I’ve never been more positive in ers slowly over the rough skin, letting e, and then I peelertips tothat kiss back to her beautiful, scarred skin When I do, she shivers, so I tilt lance at her face to see her eyes full of tears I lean forward and kiss the her body back along the bed until she’s lying beneathher neck first, then the line along the strap of her bra Her body rises up, arching intoof her breast, and I savor the mohtest instant, reacting to her needs and desires instead of her fears

I kiss along the softmy lips and cheek feel the peaks of her niles beneath, and I let my hot breath soften the my way down her body until I feel her tense up at le Part of you," I say, lettingnote when her breath hitches I continue to glideeach with a kiss beforeon to the next, until I have cherished every inch of her

When I co ith tears, and she’s no longer trying to hold in her e her forehead to ain, I hile she quivers and breathes--deep, labored breaths in between sobs--until her body cal

This…is love

Chapter 20

Rowe

Waking up in Nate’s ar a brand new life In the last two years, I’ve gone to bed without the aid of sleeping medication only a handful of ti like the flu and that’s why I can’t take my medicine But not when I’ at me when my eyes finally focused He said he had only been awake for a fewat et to shower at all yesterday, and I feel a little grimy now because of it But I also don’t want to wash away Nate’s kisses I know it see a kiss But I want to

I slipped back into my room before class and was able to dress in the closet without waking Cass and Ty I watched theood work, and then jogged to ht on tianizephilosophy this early in the e My brain isn’t ready to think this hard, and I’ to fail the quiz I just turned in I have learned one thing from this two-hour block class I take every Monday and Wednesday--I a s differently, to see reasons behind actions But it doesn’t feel like so I want to do forever But art--not necessarily thethat I needed to explore more